It must be 15 years ago now but I still remember spotting that cover in a station shop then climbing on a train to London quivering with rage. Not usually my style. She really gets under people’s skin, huh?

I liked her early on. She was luminous in Se7en, and Sliding Doors, but around the time of her Oscar became insufferable onscreen and off. Even as Margot I found her self-consciously ‘look how cool I am’. I sense that she was kind of princessy anyway and then Madonna broke her.

And both, at least lately, doing actual harm and not owning that. At least Gwyneth has some actual talents though. Ivanka is more ferret-faced and conniving (daddy’s little bagman), Gwyneth more insufferable.

She never quite hits the right note, does she? Her own worst enemy. I remember a UK Cosmo cover years ago, saying something like ‘Gwyneth: I get cellulite too you know’ and I wanted to ... I don’t even know what I wanted to do. But it wasn’t coming from the best part of me.

This is also for the person your horror comes via.

A few nights ago - via Kinja - I found out that I’m four degrees of separation from Sean Spicer. Pass the bleach if there’s any left?

Indeed; add it to the long list of things he has ruined for everyone, ever (including the word trump in whatever form).

I thought that too until I saw his little half-aren’t-I-cute-half-oops-you-caught-me smile at the end.

I live in the sandbox, and it’s not actually considered rude here: my Saudi friends were mystified at the fuss about that. But your pictures are awesome.

And a friend has just sent me this: he’s flipping the bird to the leader of Italy. Then the smirk. I’m not even American and I’m horrified for the US on a daily basis.

Oh noes! You mean these vastly superior leaders who can read and be polite and not randomly grab pussies aren’t ... gasp ... perfect?! Quelle horreur! Whatever will we do?

Why is it that usually the men get to chat while the wimminses do the child care?

The Sheriff in Supernatural.

How I fucking love ‘em.

Signed into law by Nixon of all people.

I believe so, yes. Or that might have been one of the other poor sods who had to encounter him.